I downloaded the eclipse language pack from the following site:
http://download.eclipse.org/technology/babel/babel_language_packs/R0.10.1/indigo/indigo.php
I put the downloaded plugins in the plugin folder of my eclipse installation.
My question: How do I use these plugins with my eclipse RCP application now?
I seem to be unable to add them to my application because I can select them no where. I also tried to drop them into the plugin folder of my RCP application after I exported the application and adding the plugin names to the config.ini but I had no success.
I'd appreciate any help on this topic since I'm stuck :(
Since 3.6 or so, Eclipse doesn't try to find additional plugins in the plugins folder; it will only consider what has been installed with p2 (i.e. via the "Install New Software" menu or the marketplace).
There should be a dropins folder next to the plugins folder; put the language packs in there and Eclipse should automatically pick them up.
See the documentation for details.
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As mentioned in the title, when I build an Eclipse RCP Application, can I place some plug-ins in the dropins folder ?
Or I could only manually place some plug-ins in the dropins folder after the building is complete ?
The dropins folder is just a temporary location for plug-ins that the Eclipse p2 update system will look at to find new plug-ins to install in the main plugins folder. You can't put anything there during a build.
dropins is intended as a last resort way of installing new plugins - ideally new plug-ins should be installed using "Install New Software" from a properly built update site or repository so dependencies can be checked properly.
Note that if your RCP doesn't include the p2 update system none of this will work.
Is any way to do that?
I found the preference definition :
org.eclipse.core.resources.ResourcesPlugin.PREF_AUTO_BUILDING
but I don't know where to update it.
this link explain how to do that but i can't find the plugin_customization.ini file of the force.com plugin
This is only one plugin_customization.ini file and that is in the product plugin for your Eclipse installation. This file is in the Eclipse installation directory not the workspace.
For my installation the product plugin is org.eclipse.sdk but depending on which build of Eclipse you installed yours may be different.
There is a plug-in which can actually be found in its dedicated update site and installed from there into eclipse. But for my project, I need the most up-to-date version of this plug-in which can be found it its source code within the GIT repository. So I have downloaded a clone of the source code from the GIT repository into Eclipse. It all looks right, but in the end I need this source code to be compiled and installed as the plug-in into my Eclipse Development IDE (not in a runtime environment!). What are the next steps I need to follow? I would be very glad, if you could hepl me.
Thanks a lot!
The question "Installing an Eclipse Plugin that you've compiled from Source?" mentions two ways:
use the export wizard: File/Export, look for export Deployable plug-ins and fragments, select the compiled plug-in, and then in the lower half of the page select Install into host repository.
Or export your plug-in into a directory, and then copy the directory into the dropins folder.
Check "Eclipse plugin developed under Helios doesn't show in Juno" if you have troubles to make your plugin visible after installation.
You can test a plugin with "Launch an Eclipse application" under "Testing".
I am trying to download and install PMD plugin for Eclipse offline but did not succeed in doing so.
I downloaded following 2 zips:
net.sourceforge.pmd.eclipse-3.2.6.v200903300643.zip (this version matches with the one which I installed online)
pmd-eclipse-1.8.0
Not sure which one to use and how to configure it in Eclipse.
I searched a lot but did not find proper steps for the offine installation and configuration.
In case it contains site archieve:
Goto Help->Install New Software
Click Add...
In the Add Repository Dialog click Archive and point to your zip. Rest of the installation is as you would do with an online installation.
Else:
Extract the zip
Copy all plugins to your target eclipse plugins folder
Copy all features to your target eclipse features folder
launch eclipse with -clean option
You can get the latest 4.0 version of the plugin by pointing your Eclipse installer here:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/pmd/files/pmd-eclipse/update-site/
I want an Eclipse Java EE plugin which I can install directly from Eclipse.
I searched about it on Google and found some ones but couldn't figure out how to download them directly from Eclipse.
One plugin I found was WTP but couldn't find the location of the WTP repository that I can enter in the Eclipse's Software Update tool.
I am using Eclipse 3.4.2 (Ganymede)
I warmly suggest to install Eclipse IDE for Java EE developers which already includes the Web Tools Platform (WTP) and much more (see this page for a full comparison).
As an alternative, you can download a zip of the Web Tools from here or install it via Update Manager using this URL:
http://download.eclipse.org/webtools/updates/
If you have Eclipse Galileo you should go to Help > Install New Software. Then the list of available sites to install updates will appear. You should add the WTP plug-in to this list, for example.
To do this, click on Add and enter the name and location (you can get this from the WTP site). Then, select this plug-in and click on Finish. That's it and it's valid to all plug-ins.
when you are searching do a comprehensive search http:// in eclipse
Google search the repository containing Java EE WTP
Install the new software in your IDE, restart your IDE, right click under the project explorer view, select new, the option for creating a dynamic web project should now be available. I did it using the luna version of eclipse which dose not have the default and now have the option.
Use
help---install new software--type http://findbugs.cs.umd.edu/eclipse
And go from there